Autism, Care, and Christian Hope

This article takes a Christian theological approach to autism to re-narrate the relationship of carers for individuals with autism. The discussion displays concrete ways that our care for those with autism is reshaped by being set within ontologies that privilege engaged self-investment, within a cu...

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Main Author: Brock, Brian 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2009
In: Journal of religion, disability & health
Year: 2009, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-28
Further subjects:B anthropological norm
B Autism
B Christian Theology
B anecdotal knowledge
B Carers
B Resurrection
B Kingdom of God
B Anthropology
B medical expertise
B Eschatology
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Summary:This article takes a Christian theological approach to autism to re-narrate the relationship of carers for individuals with autism. The discussion displays concrete ways that our care for those with autism is reshaped by being set within ontologies that privilege engaged self-investment, within a cultural context that rarely transcends its desire to study phenomenon through highly self-aware and disengaged description. Also presented is a phenomenological exploration of the challenges for carers by the experience of caring for those with autism, and the article concludes by entering a theological debate about how best to conceive our relationship to them.
ISSN:1522-9122
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion, disability & health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/15228960802581404